Free Tour Edinburgh

Price: £14

Duration

1h45

Times:

Daily @ 10:30

Meets:

At our start point

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About The Tour

The Old Town walking tour is the perfect way to start your trip & an excellent basis for our other tours, offering you the complete Edinburgh experience!

Covering everything from history to religion & folklore, this walking tour is our original tour of Edinburgh’s medieval Old Town. Our talented and entertaining guides will walk you through the streets and alleys of Auld Reekie while enthralling you with with its history, folklore and tales!

We are very proud of the high quality of all of our tours and the Free Tour Edinburgh is no exception. Don’t take our word for it though, check out our near flawless TripAdvisor reviews.

This tour runs on a tips only basis meaning you can decide what to pay.

What You’ll See

Each of our guides bring their own unique style and interests to their tours. This means each tour will cover slightly different topics. We believe that giving our knowledgable guides this freedom increases their ability to offer the best possible tour. These topics may include, but are not limited to;

The Mercat Cross
St Giles Cathedral
David Hume and the Scottish enlightenment
Sir Walter Scott and the resurgence of Scottish national pride
The National Museum

Haggis, whisky, Irn Bru and deep fried Mars Bars
Greyfriars Bobby
Some Harry Potter inspirations
The Grassmarket
Edinburgh Castle (from the outside)

Missed out on something? As mentioned before, all our guides cover different topics and may not cover all mentioned above. Be sure to ask your knowledgable guide about any topic you would like to learn about.